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Takeda Receives Approval to Manufacture and Market Alofisel®▼ (darvadstrocel) in Japan for Treatment of Complex Perianal Fistulas in Patients with Non-active or Mildly Active Luminal Crohn’s Disease

by admin | Sep 27, 2021 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

September 27, 2021 – Alofisel (darvadstrocel) is the first expanded human allogeneic adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cell therapy to be approved in Japan – Alofisel provides a potential cell-mediated closure option for patients with complex perianal...

Repeated injury to airway stem cells could be major factor in chronic lung disease

by admin | Sep 22, 2021 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

Durham, NC – Are prematurely aged or overworked stem cells a significant factor in chronic lung disease? Findings of a study just released in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine (SCTM) say this is likely so. The study determined that repeated injury to the epithelial...

What’s next for lab-grown human embryos?

by admin | Sep 1, 2021 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

Researchers are now permitted to grow human embryos in the lab for longer than 14 days. Here’s what they could learn. By Kendall Powell – Nature – August 31, 2021 (link to original article) It was day 13 in a set of experiments in Ali Brivanlou’s...

New Hope for Muscle-Related Diseases? Converting skin cells to immature muscle cells spurs changes, study finds

by admin | Aug 27, 2021 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

By TRACY HAMPTON | MGH News & Public Affairs August 25, 2021 – Investigators who previously developed a recipe for turning skin cells into primitive, musclelike cells that can be maintained indefinitely in the lab without losing the potential to become...

Scientists develop brain organoids with complex neural activity

by admin | Aug 26, 2021 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

UCLA study suggests researchers could analyze neurological disorders in a stem cell–derived model By Sarah C.P. Williams August 23, 2021 – Researchers at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA have developed...

Phase 1 clinical study reveals how stem cells alleviate COPD inflammation in humans

by admin | Aug 18, 2021 | Bernie Siegel’s WORLD STEM CELL SUMMIT BLOG, News and Opinions

Durham, NC (August 18, 2021) – A new phase I clinical study shows, for the first time, how treatment with a type of stem cell called mesenchymal stromal cells is able to regulate important factors driving inflammation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary...